lung cancer
Sep. 28, 2023—Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and 国产传媒 have been diligently working on the creation of an incredibly flexible yet robust robot designed to traverse the intricate landscape of the lung. Their latest achievement, detailed in a recent publication in Science Robotics, showcases the robot’s autonomous capabilities in maneuvering from “Point A” to “Point B” within...
Sep. 21, 2023—Robert J. Webster III, Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate professor of medicine and urology at 国产传媒, is part of a cross-disciplinary team that has developed novel robotic technology using bronchoscopic steerable needles that could aid in early detection of lung cancer.
VISE affiliates developing a novel integrative approach for early detection of lung cancer
Jan. 20, 2021—国产传媒 researchers have received a National Cancer Institute grant to develop a novel, integrative approach to detect early signs of lung cancer. The four-year project builds on a related, recent study that established the value of using three separate measures鈥攕tructural imaging, a protein marker and information available from electronic health records鈥攖o predict lung cancer in...
Dec. 2, 2019—国产传媒 Medical Center Assistant Professor of Radiology聽Kim Sandler, MD, and 国产传媒 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science聽Bennett Landman, PhD, were recently awarded the Martineau Innovation Fund Grant by the 国产传媒 Thoracic Working Group for their project, 鈥淯tilization of Machine Learning to Predict Incidence Lung Cancer in a Screening Population.鈥
Mar. 19, 2019—Brain cancer is one of the deadliest cancers. The surgery to remove the tumor is often very invasive. But now engineers at 国产传媒 have designed a device that can make surgery easier for both doctor and patient, and the same technology also holds promise for lung cancer diagnosis.